Helene Sandbu Ryeng



Published on June 11, 2021

Making the numbers add up

How proper budgeting will assist South Sudan’s SDG journey

Juba, South Sudan- The power point slides are filled with columns, numbers and percentages, a flash back to math classes for the many officers seated behind tables in the room with their gazes fixed at the screen. Macro, micro, credit, fiscal, debit, the words reveal that budget is the topic of the day. What has this to do with the SDGs? I’ll tell you in a bit.